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F. Sionil Joses The Pretenders depicts socio-political conditions in the Philippines in the 1960s, focusing on the root of the rampant poverty which, nationalists point stunned, is largely due to the developing of the nations resources by the elite whose wealth and fascinate enabled them to buy the services of those in power. It focuses on the moral dilemma of a young academician, Antonio Tony Samson, who marries Carmen Villa, the daughter of a tycoon, and is reluctantly careworn into the rich mans enclave. It is an insightful newfangled that delves into Philippine society, trying to dissect what is wrong with it: why poverty is so rampant, why there is so much injustice and suffering. It, too, focuses on the self-debasing attitude of the poor, like Bert and Betty who believe that only the rich drop have pride, and that the poor cannot be choosy. It voices out the yearnings of the poor and the oppressed, the sputum of the moneyed few, the insensitivity of those in government, the unbridled excesses and reign of the dinosaurs. It gives out warning about what is perceived as a friendly volcano that is about to erupt in the face of general hopelessness.

To revolt or not revolt: that is the question fleshed out by Godo as he wistfully speaks of the day he would demand justice from the tyrants, and Tony, who despised armed revolutions as the cheapest kind, preferring a different kind of revolution that entailed intelligence - and cleverness. The notion that Bonifacio should be the national hero is advanced on the reasoning that it was the earthy who initiated who started the Revolution whereas all that Rizal and the other patriots wanted was Equality with the Spaniards. This novel is set in the 1960s. At that clock, most lands were owned by landlords, who kept a greater share of the harvest, enabling them to trey privileged lives, while the lowly tenants could barely make ends meet. This was the time when agrarian unrest were common, like the Hukbalahap... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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